Greetings sprint car fans as r4 and Mr. G. return to Williams Grove for the
Friday night show. Joining the 410 sprints were the URC (United Racing Club)
sprints. The 410 feature was the Daryl Gohn Memorial who had been a regular at
the Grove and was killed while racing at the Grove on April 22, 1988, in a
qualifying heat.

Signed into the pits were 30 of the 410 Sprint cars and 30 of the URC sprints.
Remember that highlights from the open wheel ranks, including Williams Grove,
are shown on Wednesday evening on ESPN 2 on RPM 2 night.

The URC heats were eight laps in distance with six to qualify with the top
four then being handicapped according to URC point standings. The 410 sprint
heats were ten laps in distance with six to qualify with the top four being
handicapped according to earnings.

Fred Rahmer had a Hamilton prepared #77 entered in the URC event. Len
Thompson also had a URC entry while URC regular Tony Smolynak had a 410 sprint
entry. The Dan Dietrich #8 was driven by Greg Leiby replacing Phil Walter.
Bill Brian Jr. was back in his own #16 sprinter for awhile while the #59
regroups.

During the hot lap session for the URC sprints the #12 of Jimmy Stitzel
experienced a violent flip as he entered turn one. His sprinter left the
racing surface and cleared the guard rail and took down wire controlling the
safety lights for turn one before coming to rest in the reserved parking are
off of turn one. Luckily he did not hit any of the parked cars and was
reported to be out of the car under his own power. Jimmy is a regular driver
in the 358's at Williams Grove. It was reported that it would have taken at
least an hour and a half to make repairs but then it turned out that repairs
could not be made so a flagman was positioned at the end of pit row to replace
the lights.

As the green waved the #16 of Bill Brian Jr. grabbed the lead followed by the
#10 of Thompson and the #5x of George. While working the second lap the #1 of
Billy Pauch slid up the track in turn one and the #77 of Rahmer hit the wall to
avoid t-boning Pauch. Also involved in the incident was the #3 of Bob Bennett,
#5 of Craig Eshenaur, and the #5K of Mark Richard. The #1, #77 and the #5K
retired for the evening. Top ten running order: #16, #10, #29, #12, #17e, #92,
#69K, #88 and #461.

On the restart the #29 of Calaman passed the #5X of Rod George while the #69K
of Kreitz passed the #92 of Kevin Gobrecht in turn two. While working lap
three Kreitz got by George on the front stretch while the yellow waved for the
#25 of Todd Gracey who had come to a stop in turn two. Amazingly the officials
put George back in front of Calaman for the restart which brought out a hand
gesture from Calaman to the flag stand.

On the restart Calaman cleared George while Kreitz cleared Gobrecht on the
back stretch while on the next lap Gobrecht repassed Kreitz while both got by
the #17e of Cris Eash on the front stretch. On lap five the #12 of Kauffman
passed Calaman in turn two. While all this was happening the #461 of Dewease
and the #88 of Shaffer had been swapping positions back and forth. The #12 of
Kauffman passed the #10 of Thompson for second while on lap six Dewease passed
Shaffer in turn four but the caution waved for the #12W of Troy Fraker who had
spun in turn two so the position did not change. Top ten running order: #16,
#12, #10, #29, #5X, #92, #17e, #69K, #88, #461.

On the restart things shuffled a little bit and Calaman and George got by
Thompson. The battle for fourth shaped up between George and Thompson and on
lap eight Thompson got by on the back stretch. By lap nine things started to
happen quickly with Gobrecht passing both Thompson and George in turn two while
Thompson passed Gobrecht back in turn three with Gobrecht passing Thompson back
in turn four. Meanwhile back up front the lead had changed with Kauffman in
front followed by Brian. The caution flew on lap thirteen for Thompson who had
gotten his #10 sprinter spun and had contacted the turn two inside guard rail.
Top nine running order: #12, #16, #29, #92, #5X, #69L, #17e, #461, #88.

On the restart Kreitz got past Gobrecht and immediately started pressuring
Calaman for the third position. On the next lap Kreitz passed Calaman in turn
one and Brian in turn two putting him in second. Kauffman was running high and
Kreitz stated to refine his low grove and began to reel in Kauffman.

By lap seventeen Calaman was being pressuring Gobrecht who was in turn being
pressured by Eash. Eash got by Gobrecht in turn two but Gobrecht immediately
came back at him and on lap nineteen Eash found himself in the guard rail while
battling Gobrecht for position. The top eight running order was: #12, #69K,
#16, #29, #92, #5X, #461, #88.

On the restart Kreitz went low while Kauffman went high and Kreitz managed to
get by in tun two but his lead was erased when the yellow came back out for an
accident in turn two involving the #77T of Jess Thomas and the #7 of Dave
Cordier. The red then came out so that the cars could be fueled to ensure that
they had enough gas to get to the end of the feature.

On the restart Kauffman went low forcing Kreitz to go high which kept Kauffman
in the lead and then on lap twenty the yellow flew again for the #55 of Mike
Wagner who had spun in turn four.

On the restart Kreitz held back and as the green waved he jumped low and shot
past Kauffman and took the lead. Gobrecht also managed to get by Brian by lap
twenty-one. On lap twenty-two the yellow waved again for the #77T of Thomas
who had spun in turn two. The top nine running order: #69K, #12, #92, #16,
#29, #5X, #461, #88, #10N.

On the restart Gobrecht was pressuring Kauffman for second which allowed
Kreitz to pull away a little. On the last lap Dewease was pressuring Brian for
position but at the line Brian just barely beat Dewease.

The race slowed for two red flags and seven yellow flags.

TOP FIVE FINISHERS
#69K, #12, #92, #29, #16, #461

VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW

The victory made it three in a row at the Grove and tied Kreitz for fifth on
the all time win list with Bobby Allen. Bruce Ellis, the announcer, alluded to
the boo's that have started to come with Kreitz's name and Don said they do not
bother him. Don said his Gambler chassis was working great and he had his
favorite Davey Brown engine in the car. He said he was surprised that Kauffman
stuck on the bottom went low. Kreitz in known for his ability to run low and
said he could even pass high during the race since the car was working good.
He also said he was pumped up with all the yellows and having cars that he had
passed getting placed back in front of him. He also said that he talked to
himself throughout the feature.

URC FEATURE

The #25e of Jon Eldrith who started fourth took the lead on lap one and held
it until lap twelve. On lap twelve the #77 of Rahmer who started in
twenty-sixth position took the lead from Eldrith and started to pull away from
the field. Rahmer had moved up to the second position by lap nine by making it
three wide at times and squeezing between cars when there appeared to be no
room.

The only other up front battle for position was between the #25e of Eldrith
and the #39 of Fran Hogue for the second position. Hogue was able to get by on
lap sixteen after a restart. Meanwhile the #77 of Rahmer pulled away for the
win.

Fred said that he felt that his track time was a big help in his win over the
URC regulars. Fred also thanked the URC team of Judi Bates, #121, who did not
run this weekend and allowed Fred to use their smaller motor so Fred could
drive in both races.

Fred also said he felt bad about the accident in the 410 sprint feature but
that Billy Pauch was sitting sideways in the turn and Fred had the choice of t
boning Billy or hitting the wall which is what he decided to do.

Late Breaking News
Although Billy Pauch was standing by his hauler talking with Fred Rahmer after
the accident it is my understanding that Billy was latter taken to the hospital
as a precautionary measure due to pain and bruising of his arm that was broken
last year.

Next week I will not be reporting on the sprint cars since I will be at Watkins
Glen for the NASCAR BUSCH race weekend. I will be attending most of the PA
Speedweek shows which will start on Sunday, June 30th so look for more sprint
car news in the weeks to come.

As always I welcome any news, comments, suggestions or questions. I changed my
reporting format again. Let me know what you think of it. You can reach me at:
rgould@oehs.upenn.edu